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Wildflower Seed Library

Wildflower Seed Library from directly overhead

Wildflower Seed Library is a garden in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Helen S. Ruder Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Three Valley Conservation Trust
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates39.51810, -84.72800

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks: 40
Peaks: 27
Nature reserves: 25
  • Helen S. Ruder Preserve: 0.1 mi
  • Bachelor Preserve - Marcum: 0.6 mi
  • Bachelor Preserve: 0.9 mi
  • Bachelor Preserve North Loop: 0.9 mi
  • Kramer Preserve: 1.0 mi
Historic sites: 19
Attractions: 15
Gardens: 13
  • BEEPS Edible Demonstration Garden: 0.9 mi
  • The Children’s Garden at OCAC: 1.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 22.9 mi
  • Japanese Peace Garden: 23.2 mi
  • Old Observatory Garden Area: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Dry Fork Meadow: 18.2 mi
  • Kingfisher Shelter: 20.8 mi
  • Elm Ridge Overlook Shelter: 20.9 mi
  • Area 1: 25.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Thistlethwaite Falls: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wildflower Seed Library. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainSSE 157°319 m18.1 mi
Elkhorn HillSW 217°308 m14.1 mi
Boundary HillWSW 253°305 m17.2 mi
English HillSW 224°304 m14.8 mi
The MoundsW 261°301 m14.0 mi
Gobblers Knob HillSW 224°301 m16.5 mi
Cobbs HillSW 224°299 m13.3 mi
Wewe HillSW 230°299 m18.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1619:51
June solstice06:1320:3021:10
September equinox07:2719:0219:38
December solstice07:5716:3617:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536472767568554334
Precip in3.43.03.94.94.94.43.93.43.33.33.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairfield, 14 mi away.

  • Amur honeysuckle590 obs
  • White-tailed Deer547 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel500 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty321 obs
  • common pawpaw252 obs
  • Virginia bluebells251 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle249 obs
  • eastern redbud243 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13121196465

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